Ho Chi Minh
Ho Chi Minh returned to Vietnam in 1941 after 30 years of exile to organize the League for the Independence of Vietnam (Viet Minh). During World War II, the United States Office of Strategic Services (OSS), the predecessor of the CIA, worked with Ho Chi Minh and his guerilla fighters to attack the Japanese and help downed Allied pilots in the region. Ho Chi Minh was given the code name Agent 19 under the OSS. Toward the end of World War II in 1945, the United States and Allied forces encouraged Vietnamese rebellion against the Japanese occupation.
Ho Chi Minh first started as a outspoken for Vietnamese independence as a young man living in France during World War I.
Minh was inspired by the bolshevik revolution, he joined the communist party and moved to the Soviet Union. Minh founded the Indochinese communist party in 1930 and the League for the Independence in Vietnam or Viet Minh in 1941. By the end of World War II Ho's Viet Minh forces had seized Hanoi and declared it the democratic state of Vietnam or North Vietnam. Ho was named president and served for 25 years referred as "Uncle Ho" becoming a symbol of Vietnams long struggle for unification.
Ho Chi Minh first started as a outspoken for Vietnamese independence as a young man living in France during World War I.
Minh was inspired by the bolshevik revolution, he joined the communist party and moved to the Soviet Union. Minh founded the Indochinese communist party in 1930 and the League for the Independence in Vietnam or Viet Minh in 1941. By the end of World War II Ho's Viet Minh forces had seized Hanoi and declared it the democratic state of Vietnam or North Vietnam. Ho was named president and served for 25 years referred as "Uncle Ho" becoming a symbol of Vietnams long struggle for unification.